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Investment manager appoints head of machine learning

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2017
Man GLG, the discretionary investment management business of Man Group, is expanding its machine learning capabilities with the creation of a new role. William Ferreira joins the firm as head of machine learning, and will be responsible for providing ...

Twelve million Aussies see benefits of advice

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2017
A new advertising campaign launched by the Financial Planning Association of Australia is attempting to bust the myth that financial advice is just for the wealthy. The nationwide initiative is designed to demonstrate the value of financial advice ...

Legalsuper awards global equities mandate

ALEX BURKE  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2017
Legalsuper, the $3.1 billion super fund for Australia's legal community, awarded a global equities mandate to a boutique firm in Florida. GQG Partners was launched in June 2016 as a subsidiary of Pacific Current Group, and manages $4.5 billion in assets ...

O Canada

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 APR 2017
With friends like these, who needs Kim Jong-un! Just when the drumbeats of war - the nuclear kind - have recently been withdrawing from the headlines, US president Donald Trump could be starting another, a trade war. Sure, Trump's protectionist' policy ...

Fortnum names two key hires

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2017
A former national manager at BT Financial Group is now heading financial advice at Fortnum Private Wealth. Joining Fortnum as head of advice is Kerry Thomas. She was previously national manager, practice advice, at BTFG and has more than 15 years' financial ...

Bankers told to spread positive message

DARREN SNYDER  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2017
Twelve months in to its public commitment to place more focus on protecting consumer interests, the banking industry still needs to persuade the community that change is being made. On Friday independent governance expert Ian McPhee delivered his fourth ...

The case for internal investment teams

EMMA RAPAPORT  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2017
Superannuation funds with more than £10 billion ($17 billion) in assets under management should seriously consider implementing an internal investment management strategy, a leading UK pension expert says. In an interview with Financial Standard, Universities ...

Decidedly undecided

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 24 APR 2017
"The French complain of everything, and always," Napoleon Bonaparte once said. The French made known their disenchantment with the establishment political parties - both the Republican and Socialist parties failed to garner enough support to make it ...

ESG adoption grows, returns follow

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017
The implementation of an ESG framework in an investment strategy can produce significantly improved returns and assist in the management of volatility. A global survey of 475 institutions conducted by State Street Global Advisors shows asset owners ...

Sunrise

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 21 APR 2017
The headline number is not that great. Aside from beating market expectations for ¥575.8 billion surplus, Japan's trade balance showed that the surplus decreased to ¥614.7 billion in March from ¥813.4 billion in the previous month and 17.4% less ...